1988–89 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

English football club season February 2015 Nottingham Forest 1988–89 Brian Clough The City Ground First Division 3rd FA Cup Semifinals League Cup Winners Full Member's Cup Winners _left _snalchik11a _right _shorts _southampton1415h2 FF0000 77DDFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF _redborder _redcollarplain _redborder DD0000 Nigel Clough (14) Clough (21) 1987–88 1989–90 The 1988–89 season was Nottingham Forest's 124th year in existence and 13th consecutive season in the First Division. Also the club competed in the FA Cup and League Cup. Summary During summer Clough clinched several transfers in such as Defender Russell Bradley,http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc_view_person.asp?oid=68 Russell Bradley In The Mad Crowd John Phillips 26 October 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070914100058/http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc_view_person.asp?oid=68 14 September 2007 dmy-all midfielder Steve Hodge returned to the club after 3 seasons. http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/team/backroom-staff/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120709164712/http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/team/backroom-staff/ 2012-07-09 Backroom Staff Forward Lee Chapman arrived from Chamois Niortais F.C..Lee Chapman http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=36559 Sporting-heroes.net 16 November 2011 Also, Right-back Defender Brian Laws arrived from Middlesbrough. https://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/articles/2007/02/26/brian_laws_career_profile.shtml Brian Laws: In profile BBC South Yorkshire 21 May 2008 11 February 2009 On April 30 the club clinched its first Full Members' Cup defeating Everton in the Final after a 4–3 score.https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/day-wembley-barely-half-full-watch-9154600 The day Wembley was barely half-full to watch Everton in a seven-goal thriller liverpoolecho.co.uk 30 April 2015 17 March 2018 Squad yes yes GK ENG Steve Sutton yes GK WAL Mark Crossley yes ENG Brian Laws DF yes DF NIR Gary Fleming yes ENG DF Steve Chettle yes DF ENG Des Walker yes DF ENG Brett Williams yes DF ENG Darren Wassall yes ENG Russell Bradley DF yes ENG Sean Dyche DF yes ENG Gary Charles DF yes DF ENG Colin Foster yes DF ENG Stuart Pearce c yes yes SCO MF Terry Wilson yes MF ENG Franz Carr yes MF SCO Brian Rice yes ENG MF Gary Crosby yes ENG Steve Hodge MF yes MF ENG Neil Webb yes ENG MF Garry Parker yes Republic of Ireland FW Tommy Gaynor yes FW ENG Phil Starbuck yes FW ENG Nigel Clough yes ENG Lee Chapman FW yes FW SCO Lee Glover yes ENG Alan Lamb FW August 2023 Lotto Transfers In Pos. Name from Type MF Steve HodgeTottenham Hotspur £550,000 FW Lee Chapman Chamois Niortais £307,000 DF Brian Laws Middlesbrough £102,000 DF Russell Bradley Dudley Town DF Gary Charles DF Sean Dyche FW Alan Lamb Out Pos. Name To TypeDFGary Fleming Manchester City £150,000FWPaul WilkinsonWatford GKHans Segers Wimbledon MFCalvin Plummer Plymouth Argyle MFKjetil Osvold PAOK FWNigel Jemson DFSteve Locker MFGareth Price DFMartin Scott FWBilly Stubbs Results Division One 1988–89 Football League League table First Division NFO Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/D/D/D/D/D/W/D/W/W/L/D/D/W/D/D/L/L/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/D/L/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/L/W/D/L Position 14/13/14/14/14/16/11/14/9/5/9/9/9/8/10/9/9/12/10/8/6/5/4/4/5/5/5/5/5/5/4/4c/4c/3c/4c/3c/3c/3c Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss #FFD700 Champions, Disqualified from the 1989-90 European Cup blue2 Disqualified from the 1989-90 UEFA Cup blue3 Disqualified from the 1989-90 UEFA Cup as League Cup winners. red1 Relegated to Division Two complete https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/matches/season/1989/ September 2023 Matches .- Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/matches/season/1989/ 27 August 1988 1 Norwich City L 2–1 14 Nottingham Forest Fleck 13 Bowen 40 65 Chettle Carrow Road Norwich 13,488 RS Lewis 3 September 1988 2 Sheffield Wednesday D 1–1 13 Nigel Worthington 41 o.g. 57 Mel Sterland KJ Breen 18,963 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground 10 September 1988 3 Everton D 1–1 14 Nottingham Forest Adrian Heath 72 10 Neil Webb T Mills Walton Goodison Park 34,006 17 September 1988 4 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Derby County D 1–1 14 Colin Foster 87 88 Trevor Hebberd JM Key 24,818 24 September 1988 5 Aston Villa D 1–1 14 Nottingham Forest Kevin Gage 22 80 Franz Carr JB Worrall Birmingham Villa Park 23,029 1 October 1988 6 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Luton Town D 0–0 16 8 October 1988 7 Queens Park Rangers W 1–2 11 Nottingham Forest Mark Stein 45 31 pen Nigel Clough 89 Colin Foster DJ Axcell Shepherd's Bush Loftus Road 11,205 22 October 1988 8 Millwall D 2–2 14 Nottingham Forest The Den New Cross 16,874 Sheringham 78Neil Ruddock 86 44, 48 Steve Hodge DA Hedges 26 October 1988 9 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Liverpool W 2–1 9 Brian Rice 54Webb 59 58 Ian Rush TJ Holbrook 29,755 29 October 1988 10 Newcastle United W 0–1 5 Nottingham Forest St James' Park Newcastle-upon-Tyne 64 Lee Chapman DB Allison 24,642 6 November 1988 11 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Arsenal L 1–4 9 Nigel Clough 17 26Alan Smith72 Steve Bould 83Tony Adams87 Brian Marwood D Hutchinson 19,038 12 November 1988 12 West Ham United D 3–3 9 Nottingham Forest Upton Park Boleyn Ground David Kelly 2, 42Leroy Rosenior 57 7, 21 Nigel Clough 41 Steve Hodge IS Hemley 21,583 19 November 1988 13 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Coventry City D 0–0 9 26 November 1988 14 Charlton Athletic W 0–1 8 Nottingham Forest Stuart Pearce 15 RM Wiseman 6,411 South Norwood Selhurst Park 3 December 1988 15 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Middlesbrough D 2–2 10 Lee Chapman 55, 56 49 Mark Brennan 85 Stuart Ripley JW Lloyd 17,742 10 December 1988 16 Southampton D 1–1 9 Nottingham Forest The Dell Southampton Neil Maddison 37 63 Nigel Clough A Seville 15,259 18 December 1988 17 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Wimbledon L 0–1 9 78 Sanchez LR Dilkes 16,427 26 December 1988 18 Manchester United L 2–0 Nottingham Forest 12 Manchester Old Trafford 39,602 Ralph Milne 23Mark Hughes 52 G Courtney 31 December 1988 19 Sheffield Wednesday W 0–3 10 Nottingham Forest Hillsborough Sheffield 25Gaynor 27 Webb37 Hodge MG Peck 20,407 2 January 1989 20 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Everton W 2–0 8 Garry Parker 43Gaynor 62 AB Wilkie 26,008 15 January 1989 21 Tottenham Hotspur W 2–1 Nottingham Forest 6 Tottenham White Hart Lane 16,903 Chris Waddle 45 32 Garry Parker 33 Nigel Clough N Midgley 21 January 1989 22 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Aston Villa W 4–0 5 Steve Hodge 3Stuart Pearce 55Garry Parker 77Brian Laws 86 B Hill 22,662 4 February 1989 23 Luton Town 2–3 4 Nottingham Forest Mick Harford 19 Kingsley Black 45 18 Garry Parker 28 pen, 73 Nigel Clough Kenilworth Road Luton J Ashworth 10,460 W 11 February 1989 24 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Queens Park Rangers D 0–0 4 JE Martin 19,690 11 March 1989 25 Arsenal 1–3 5 Nottingham Forest Highbury Islington Alan Smith 14 8 Nigel Clough 20 Franz Carr 35 Stuart Pearce A Gunn 39,639 W 15 March 1989 26 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Newcastle United D 1–1 5 Nigel Clough 34 pen 64 Kevin Brock K Morton 20,800 22 March 1989 27 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Tottenham Hotspur L 1–2 5 Garry Parker 49 79 David Howells 88 Vinny Samways KP Barratt 23,098 25 March 1989 28 Derby County W 0–2 5 Nottingham Forest Baseball Ground Derby 38 Steve Hodge 86 Lee Chapman AW Ward 25,174 27 March 1989 29 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Manchester United W 2–0 5 Stuart Pearce 4Lee Chapman 62 D Hutchinson 30,092 1 April 1989 30 Wimbledon L 4–1 5 Nottingham Forest Plough Lane Wimbledon Lawrie Sanchez 10, 86Paul Miller 14 John Fashanu 79 31 Nigel Clough JA Moules 7,884 5 April 1989 31 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Norwich City W 2–0 4 Clough 27 Pearce 38 DS Vickers 19,872 12 April 1989 32 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Southampton W 3–0 4 Nigel Clough 7 penStuart Pearce 31Tommy Gaynor 79 JC Deakin 18,948 22 April 1989 33 A Middlesbrough W 3–4 4 Ayresome Park Nottingham Forest Middlesbrough Stuart Ripley 20Bernie Slaven 82Peter Davenport 89 23 Neil Webb 37, 76 Lee Chapman 74 Garry Parker VG Callow 20,778 3 May 1989 34 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Millwall W 4–1 3 Tommy Gaynor 27Steve Wood 65 o.gSteve Hodge 68Garry Parker 80 58 o.g. Brian Laws PW Harrison 15,928 10 May 1989 35 Liverpool L 1–0 4 Nottingham Forest John Aldridge 81 pen K Cooper 38,484 Liverpool Anfield 13 May 1989 36 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground Charlton Athletic W 4–0 3 Franz Carr 13Terry Wilson 42 Neil Webb 44Steve Chettle 86 JE Martin 17,637 15 May 1989 37 Coventry City D 2–2 3 Nottingham Forest Highfield Road Coventry Howard Clark 74Cyrille Regis 83 76 Neil Webb86 Nigel Clough TJ Holbrook 14,011 18 May 1989 38 Nottingham Forest West Bridgford City Ground West Ham United L 1–2 3 Lee Chapman 31 1, 18 Leroy Rosenior DT Phillips 20,843 League Cup 1988-89 Football League Cup 28 September 1988 2 Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground Chester City W 6–0 Stuart Pearce 13 Nigel Clough 21, 79Neil Webb 25Steve Hodge 77Tommy Gaynor 90 DR Elleray 11,958 12 October 1988 2 Chester City 0–4 Nottingham Forest 30, 46, 66 Tommy Gaynor 57 Gary Crosby WK Burge 0–10 Chester Sealand Road 4,747 W 2 November 1988 3 Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground Coventry City W 3–2 Colin Foster 39Steve Hodge 51Nigel Clough 70 33 Gary Bannister 40 pen Brian Kilcline RG Milford 21,201 30 November 1988 4 Leicester City D 0–0 Nottingham Forest Filbert Street Leicester DS Vickers 26,704 14 December 1988 replay Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground Leicester City W 2–1 Nigel Clough 26Lee Chapman 59 36 Paul Groves F Roberts 26,676 18 January 1989 5 Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers W 5–2 Lee Chapman 12, 27, 42, 67Nigel Clough 37 pen 22 Mark Stein 75 David Kerslake GM Tyson 24,065 Nottingham City Ground 15 February 1989 Semifinals Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground Bristol City D 1–1 John Pender 85 o.g. 65 Paul Mardon TJ Holbrook 30,060 26 February 1989 Semifinals Bristol City W 0–1 Nottingham Forest Ashton Gate Bristol 114 Garry Parker JB Worrall 28,084 1–2 yes Final 1989 Football League Cup Final 9 April 1989 Luton Town W 3–1 Nottingham Forest Clough 53 pen, 76Webb 68 35 Mick Harford RG Milford Wembley Empire Stadium 76,130 FA Cup 1988-89 FA Cup 7 January 1989 3 Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground Ipswich Town W 3–0 Frank Yallop 3 o.gTommy Gaynor 30Lee Chapman 64 LC Shapter 20,743 28 January 1989 4 Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground Leeds United W 2–0 Lee Chapman 6Garry Parker 90 JB Worrall 28,107 19 February 1989 5 Watford 0–3 Nottingham Forest Neil Webb 39Lee Chapman 76Brian Laws 88 Watford Vicarage Road W KS Hackett 18,044 18 March 1989 6 Manchester United W 0–1 Nottingham Forest Garry Parker 42 B Hill 55,052 Old Trafford Manchester 15 April 1989 Semifinal Liverpool abd. Nottingham Forest RS Lewis 56,000 Sheffield Hillsborough The Liverpool–Nottingham Forest game was abandoned after 6 minutes due to the Hillsborough Disaster which claimed 94 lives on 15 April 1989 (the final death toll was 97).https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-days-after-the-disaster-1087185.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-days-after-the-disaster-1087185.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The days after the disaster The Independent 14 April 1999 28 February 2012 7 May 1989 Replay Liverpool L 3–1 Nottingham Forest John Aldridge 3, 58Brian Laws 72 o.g. 33 Neil Webb RS Lewis 38,000 Manchester Old Trafford There was talk that the FA Cup competition for this season would be abandoned after the Hillsborough Disaster, but on 30 April, it was confirmed that both teams would continue in the competition and play in a rescheduled semi-final on 7 May.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-days-after-the-disaster-1087185.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/the-days-after-the-disaster-1087185.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The days after the disaster The Independent 14 April 1999 28 February 2012 Full Members' Cup 1988-89 Full Members' Cup 10 January 1989 Eightfinals Chelsea 1–4 Nottingham Forest Kerry Dixon 58 54Lee Chapman104 Tommy Gaynor 108Stuart Pearce114 Garry Parker PL Foakes Fulham Stamford Bridge 8,475 W 24 January 1989 Quarterfinals Ipswich Town 1–3 Nottingham Forest Portman Road Ipswich 34 Jason Dozzell 40 Stuart Pearce 88 Gary Crosby Steve Hodge 35 DR Elleray 16,498 W 22 February 1989 Semifinal Nottingham Forest Nottingham City Ground Crystal Palace W 3–1 Webb 14, 90Stuart Pearce 88 66 Ian Wright MG Peck 20,374 Final 1989 Full Members' Cup Final 30 April 1989 Final Nottingham Forest 4–3 Everton W Garry Parker 32, 67Lee Chapman 92, 117 8, 101 Tony Cottee 48 Graeme Sharp A Gunn 46,606 Wembley Empire Stadium yes Mercentile Cr Trophy Football League Centenary Trophy 29 August 1988 Quarterfinals Liverpool Nottingham Forest L 4–1 Barry Venison 50Jan Molby 70 penRay Houghton 75John Barnes 84 89 Neil Webb GM Tyson 20,141 Statistics Squad statistics Football LeagueDivision One FA Cup Other GK ENG Steve Sutton 36 0 5 0 13 0 ENG Brian Laws DF 20+2 1 5 1 9+1 0 ENG DF Steve Chettle 23+5 2 0 0 9+1 0 DF ENG Des Walker 34 0 5 0 9 0 DF ENG Stuart Pearce 36 6 5 0 13 4 ENG MF Garry Parker 22 7 5 2 9+1 4 MF ENG Neil Webb 36 6 5 2 13 5 SCO MF Terry Wilson 24+3 1 5 0 10+1 0 ENG Steve Hodge MF 33+1 7 5 0 13+1 3 ENG Lee Chapman FW 30 8 5 3 11 8 FW ENG Nigel Clough 36 14 4 0 12+1 7 GK WAL Mark Crossley 2 0 0 0 1 0 MF SCO Brian Rice 19+1 1 0 0 6 0 MF ENG Franz Carr 18+5 3 4 0 8+3 0 DF ENG Colin Foster 17+1 2 0 0 5 1 Republic of Ireland FW Tommy Gaynor 16+3 4 2 1 5 5 ENG MF Gary Crosby 11+2 0 0 0 3+2 2 FW ENG Phil Starbuck 2+5 0 0+2 0 1+1 0 DF ENG Brett Williams 2 0 0 0 1 0 ENG Gary Charles DF 1 0 0 0 1 0 DF NIR Gary Fleming 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 FW SCO Lee Glover 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 DF ENG Darren Wassall 0 0 0 0 1 0 ENG Russell Bradley DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENG Sean Dyche DF 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENG Alan Lamb FW 0 0 0 0 0 0 September 2023 https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1989/ References Category:Nottingham Forest F.C. seasons Nottingham Forest